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In reply to the discussion: Posting T&A threads helps to create a hostile environment for women here. [View all]tblue37
(68,444 posts)[font size = "+1"][font color = "blue"]Look at how many references I can find in just a few minutes in which other people use the term to refer to the exclusionary aspect of "boys' club" (as well as to the idea of a treehouse or a clubhouse with a "NO GIRLS ALLOWED!!" sign). In fact, I included just such a clubhouse "no girls allowed" sign at the end of my post for your edification. I am going to go through my references and bold a lot of the phrases to help you see them, since I don't trust you to look at the references with an honest intention to understand.[/font][/font]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_boy_network
An old boy network, or society (also old boys' club), can refer to social and business connections among former pupils of male-only private schools. British public school students were traditionally called "boys", thus graduated students are "old boys".
This can apply to the network between the graduates of a single school, also known as an old boy society and similar to an alumni association. It can also mean a network of social and business connections among the alumni of various prestigious schools. In popular language, old boy network or old boy society has come to be used in reference to the preservation of social elites in general.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=boys%20club
a term for an club that only allows men into their group. often used as a way to get away from their wives/girlfriends and hang out with other like-minded individuals.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061224195449AA2xZXI
QUESTION:
What's the meaning of "old boys' club" in the paragraph below?
"The world today is not just an old boys' club. It is a vastly more intergrated, more diverse place than it was even a generation ago. Nowhere is that diversity more apparent than in the business world...."
ANSWER:
The 'old boys' club' refers to people in a group, such as a company, or job, that have been around forever, and exclude others from benefits, conversations, etc.
http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com/kentadvice.htm
Nazis= an extension of some kinda weird Chiporee Chipmunk Treehouse Boys' Club.
http://technorati.com/women/article/the-augusta-boys-club-no-girls/
http://pragprog.com/.../2009.../shady-illuminations
It sounds like the origin story for a Batman villain. ... No Girls Allowed ... So the boys' club thinking is correct: if you let girls into the clubhouse, they will change everything.
http://idkmybffvodka.tumblr.com/post/67392648667/i-am-not-the-other-woman-i-am-another-voice
Women in comics are still in a boys club. A clubhouse with a sign on the door saying no girls allowed.
www.askmen.com/top.../top-10-male-dominated-industries.html
A male-dominated industry is like an unofficial boys' club with a no girls allowed sign on the front door.
www.giraffeboards.com The Giraffe Boards Main General Blah Blah
... of the 'No Girls Allowed Treehouse Clubhouse' of grade school days
http://biker-wear.biker-crossroads.com/Boys-Clubhouse.html